New Hope-Solebury gets money's worth in ovetime loss

Thursday

The Lions scored three goals in two minutes to force overtime but ultimately fell 16-15 in overtime to Pottsgrove.

NEW HOPE — The most successful season in the history of the New Hope-Solebury girls lacrosse team came to an end on Thursday in dramatic fashion.

The host Lions fell to No. 6 Pottsgrove 16-15 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the District One Class 2A tournament.

The fact that the game went to overtime at all is a testament to New Hope’s resilience.

The No. 3 Lions held a 12-10 lead with 14:49 remaining in the second half when Pottsgrove reeled off five consecutive goals to take a 15-12 lead with just 2:30 remaining in regulation.

New Hope won the next draw and got the ball downfield, resulting in a Kate Dougherty goal with 1:50 to go. The Lions got the ball off the draw again and capitalized, as Maggie DeVito put the ball in the cage with 59.1 remaining.

The Lions got the final draw of regulation and once again, Dougherty found the net to tie the game with just 25.3 seconds remaining to force the extra frame.

Dougherty won the overtime draw for the Lions, but New Hope turned the ball over and the Falcons capitalized, with Sydney Tornetta scoring the winner with one minute to go.

New Hope ends the season 15-4 and was the co-champion of the Bicentennial Athletic League with Jenkintown. Pottsgrove (16-4), the Pioneer Athletic Conference Frontier Division titlist, earned an automatic bid to the PIAA tournament and a date in Saturday’s semifinals with second seed Springfield Delaware County, an 18-8 winner over No. 7 Gwynedd Mercy.

“It’s a hard loss,” said New Hope junior Maggie DeVito, who scored three goals and had two assists for the day. “We were down three with two and a half minutes left and we got a little defeated but we knew we could do it. We pushed through it and we tied it up. This is such a defeating loss because we came so close. We kept working and kept trying. It just hurts.”

Dougherty paced the Lions with four goals and one assist. Amy Hutwelker had three goals and one assist, Carolyn Thistlewaite scored three goals, Rachel Saxton had one goal and three assists and Rylie Hepp chipped in the first goal of the day for New Hope.

“What a game,” New Hope coach Betsy Dougherty said. “It was amazing. We thought we had it when we tied it up at the end and then we got possession on the draw in overtime, but that’s sports.”

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